R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 28, 2021
Normally in this week which marks the anniversary of African Liberation Day, my topic for this column would have been pre-chosen. This year, in additi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 7, 2021
In paying my respects to our dearly departed brother, P.R. Campbell, permit me to begin by saying how touched I was by the presentation last Monday ni...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 30, 2021
With less than a month into the period of the violent eruption of the volcano, it would appear that the process of settling in those persons evacuated...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 23, 2021
I am not a historian, but life’s experiences have taught me the necessity to be at least familiar with one’s own historical experiences so as to be ab...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 16, 2021
A few weeks ago I had begun a series centred on one of the great battles of our people to preserve democracy in SVG, the struggle against what became ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 9, 2021
It is said that the true hallmark of the character of a nation is how it responds to adversity and whether, faced with a crisis, its people can put as...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 1, 2021
It is a pity that Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves was not physically present to revel in the praises for the 20th anniversary of the victory of his ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 26, 2021
COVID or not, I must confess that I am shocked that the 20th anniversary of the historic victory of the ULP at the polls in 2001 is upcoming this Sund...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 19, 2021
Our country St Vincent and the Grenadines seems to be heading for a location that is best characterized as “between a rock and a hard place” where our...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 12, 2021
The effects of COVID or not, it is expected that National Heroes Day will be observed this year, albeit in scaled-down circumstances. Pride of place w...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 5, 2021
I offer my salute to the women of this nation as they prepare to celebrate yet another International Women’s Day (IWD) next Monday. We in St Vincent a...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 26, 2021
This week we take a brief respite from the COVID pandemic and its ramifications for our society and engage in the matters relating to the award of hon...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 19, 2021
When will COVID news cease to dominate headline news, nationally, regionally and internationally? For almost one year now, COVID-related news has stol...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 12, 2021
In the midst of the gloom and doom we experience daily, it is an imperative that we make room for positive thoughts and development for all is not los...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 5, 2021
AS I COMPLETE this column the 2021 Budget debate continues in the House of Assembly and is not expected to conclude before the end of the week. Once a...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 29, 2021
On Tuesday of this week, the nation bade farewell to a veritable cultural icon, Ferrand ‘Randy D’ Dopwell. He was the second of what is called the “Go...
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January 21, 2021
I had planned this week to do a tribute to the second of our “Golden Generation of Broadcasting”, Ferrand “Randy D” Dopwell, to depart within the past...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 15, 2021
“We have to be each other’s keepers”- SEARCHLIGHT Mid-week, Jan. 12, 2021. This quote, from the mid-week edition of SEARCHLIGHT, sums up succinctly th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 8, 2021
Three weeks ago this column covered the topic “Who will guard the guards?’, a reference to the post-election situation in the United States of America...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 31, 2020
After the tumultuous year of 2020, what prospects are there for the peoples of this planet for 2021? Certainly if we look at this question primarily f...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 23, 2020
First of all let me extend Season’s greetings to all our readers, customers, supporters, well-wishers and the people of our beloved St Vincent and the...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 18, 2020
In just over one month’s time, there is supposed to be a changing of the guard in Washington DC, USA with the inauguration of a new administration. Th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 11, 2020
As we approach the Christmas season and the New Year, the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic is still the biggest challenge facing countries big and sma...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 4, 2020
Given our recent elections it was no surprise that this column focused a lot on political and electoral issues immediately preceding and after the gen...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
Part 2
November 27, 2020
In continuing my reflection on the November 5 elections, having looked at the ULP, it is the turn of the NDP to be put under the spotlight. No one can...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 20, 2020
Further progress towards restoration of normality in social life following the recent elections is being made in spite of the stubbornness of some som...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 13, 2020
As the dust begins to settle on the 2020 general elections, albeit with a bitter taste in some quarters, it is time for us all to reflect on the elect...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 7, 2020
CONGRATS to Comrade Ralph for his magnificent “Five in a Row” victory in Thursday’s General Elections”. In Carnival parlance we would say that ‘De Com...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 30, 2020
Elections 2020 in St Vincent and the Grenadines are now down to the wire and in less than a week’s time, voters will make their of leadership and gove...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 23, 2020
Vincentians are currently preparing (or at least ought to be) to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the recovery of our national independence on Octobe...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 16, 2020
The proverbial bell has now been rung to officially open the floodgates to the 2020 election campaign. Given the COVID pandemic, this campaign is supp...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 9, 2020
It is with great sadness that I heard the news over the last weekend of the passing of carnival icon Louis Boucher, in far from dignified circumstance...
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August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
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August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
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August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
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August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
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August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...
